What does it mean to be a man? The answer to that might surprise you. In fact, different people will give different answers. The idea of what is ‘masculine’ is increasingly being shown to be based on cultural expectations, and the many cultures of ancient Western Asia were no different. This question was at the …
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New article! What does age mean to a Neo-Assyrian man?
I just had wonderful news that my article “Age and Masculinities during the Neo-Assyrian Period” has been published in the excellent Journal of Cuneiform Studies! You can see find it on their website. In it, I give a brief overview of the sociological theories behind ageing, and how ancient Near Eastern scholars have studied age …
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New Article in Hebrew Studies
I received wonderful news that my article “The Masculinities of the Neo-Assyrian “Queens of the Arabs” has been published in the Hebrew Studies journal. You can see the contents of the special edition here at NAPH’s website. This article means a lot to me, as it was the reason for my interest in masculinities studies. …
Ellie Bennett 